Three Weeks, Two Marathons, One Chronic Illness

Just Plain Stupid

I’m stupid! An idiot! I ran a 12 mile long run yesterday with my coach and Victoria, both of whom are faster than I am. Between the two of the they were half stepping me the entire way. It’s not their fault, it’s mine. I should know better than to run with people that are faster than me.

Well, stupid me, I stuck with them. We averaged a 10:15 pace, but that’s only because I slowed them down a few times to take salt and drink. If I hadn’t, we would have been right at a 10:00 or faster. It’s not that I can’t go that fast, it’s that I’m not ready to do it yet. So now I’ve injured my left IT Band. I’ve been saying for a while that pushing too hard too fast will cause injury lately. Turns out that I was right. What a _______ Moron!

Between the injury and the Boston mess I feel like things are just falling apart. I don’t think I can run with Victoria anymore. She’s worked on getting faster, and she has. But, I’m tired of being half stepped and having to slow her down. All of the communication for Boston has broken down. Other than knowing that I’m on the team, I have noother information, which bugs me. I can’t start fund raising for Boston since I don’t have my website. I can start for the CFF, which I’ll probably do this week. ARGH!!!!!

So, I tried to get in touch with Amye to get her expert opinion on fixing an IT Band. I guess she’s busy as I didn’t get a reply. I’ll probably go get a foam roller and just get to work on it. I don’t know that there is much else to do. Maybe I’ll get to the gym and do the elliptical today, no impact and still gets me aerobic activity. Team for Life 2009 starts on Saturday. I’m thinking I’m going to get there early and start before everyone else. I’ll be slow and won’t have to worry about trying to keep up with anyone. They’ll probably catch me and pass me anyway, so that will at least let them know that I’m there.

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Hi, I stumbled upon your blog totally by accident. I’m actually running the Boston Marathon this year for MGH’s CF team as well! I completely understand your frustrations with the lack of communication, not too much time to do a LOT of fundraising! Good luck with your training, and feel free to e-mail me. I work at MGH and if I hear any more information about the team I will be sure to let you know!